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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Aberdeen, SD

June 16, 1993Beadle County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 1993, 12:54 AM CDT for Beadle County, South Dakota. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 16, 1993, 12:54 AM CDT (05:54 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 1993, 1:30 AM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area: Whole counties

County Beadle County, SD

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KHON), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 55 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1375 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 361 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 661 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 6.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KHON 160554
TORHON
SDC005-160630-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD 
1254 AM CDT WED JUN 16 1993

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF SOUTH DAKOTA
      SOUTHWEST BEADLE

SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING ARE HURON

AT 1250 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 25 MILES SOUTH
WEST OF HURON MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...YOU SHOULD GO TO A BASEMENT
SHELTER IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE GO TO A CENTRAL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES IN FAVOR OF A
REINFORCED BUILDING.

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.

 MOHR

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 15, 10:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

SDZ003-004-160600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1045 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 1993

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
   SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 5 AM CDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT FOR PARTS OF
NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.

AT 1040 PM CDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS
NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH
VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS ALONG LAKE OAHE IN EASTERN DEWEY AND WESTERN
WALWORTH COUNTY...OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF MOBRIDGE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST
AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.
NIELSEN

Special weather statement, Jun 15, 10:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

SDZ003-004-160600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1045 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 1993

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
   SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 5 AM CDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT FOR PARTS OF
NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.

AT 1040 PM CDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS
NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH
VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS ALONG LAKE OAHE IN EASTERN DEWEY AND WESTERN
WALWORTH COUNTY...OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF MOBRIDGE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST
AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.
NIELSEN

Local storm report, Jun 15, 11:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1105 PM MDT TUE JUN 15 1993

STORM DATA FOR DEWEY COUNTY

 TIME            COUNTY..LOCATION           CHARACTER OF STORM..DAMAGE
.......................R................................................

 720 PM MDT     DEWEY...3 MILES SOUTH      FUNNEL AND PEA TO MARBLE
                OF ISABEL                  SIZED HAIL.

 805 PM CDT     DEWEY...TIMBER LAKE        FUNNEL CLOUD

NIELSEN

Local storm report, Jun 16, 12:05 AM CDT, 49 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1105 PM MDT TUE JUN 15 1993

STORM DATA FOR DEWEY COUNTY

 TIME            COUNTY..LOCATION           CHARACTER OF STORM..DAMAGE
.......................................................................

 720 PM MDT     DEWEY...3 MILES SOUTH      FUNNEL AND PEA TO MARBLE
                OF ISABEL                  SIZED HAIL.

 805 PM CDT     DEWEY...TIMBER LAKE        FUNNEL CLOUD

NIELSEN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 15, 8:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Dewey	56 min
Jun 15, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Dewey	69 min
Jun 15, 11:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Beadle, Hand	69 min
Jun 15, 11:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Beadle, Hand	63 min
Jun 15, 11:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Jerauld, Sanborn	65 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.